Sleep
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Obstructive sleep apnea can cause or contribute to high blood pressure, so a new study examined which sleep apnea treatments – a CPAP machine or a mouthguard that keeps the airways open – was more effective at lowering blood pressure.
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Obstructive sleep apnea hugely impacts health and well-being, but as those with the condition know, treatment is very limited. Now, a new nasal spray has shown promise in alleviating the symptoms of the most common sleep-related breathing disorder.
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Researchers have developed a blood test that can accurately detect whether someone has been awake for 24 hours or more. They foresee the test being used like those that measure alcohol concentration or test for the presence of drugs in drivers.
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CBT is a multifaceted approach recommended as a treatment for chronic insomnia. A new study looked at CBT components to determine which are most effective for improving sleep, finding that relaxation techniques may potentially be counterproductive.
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Researchers have provided the first direct evidence explaining the function of sleep. They demonstrated that sleep resets the brain’s ‘operating system,’ undermined during waking, returning it to an ideal state to optimize thinking and processing.
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In 2023, researchers homed in on a variety of relatively small and simple lifestyle modifications that can positively impact human health. These are discoveries you can use right now to potentially boost your health, fight disease, and live longer.
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Researchers have designed and tested ‘human-centric’ LEDs that emit different wavelengths of blue light depending on whether it’s daytime or nighttime, reducing the disruptive effect artificial light has on our biological clock.
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For the first time, scientists have identified how going to bed stressed fires up certain brain cells at the wrong time in the sleep cycle to significantly interrupt it – and that suppressing this activity can ensure 'business as usual' slumber.
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Most of us have woken up with an aching back after a sleepless night, only for that pain to then keep us awake the next night. Now Harvard scientists have discovered a possible link between pain and poor sleep, and maybe even a way to break the loop.
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A new study has found that a majority of medical cannabis users suffering from insomnia and poor-quality sleep are ditching conventional over-the-counter and prescription sleep aids in favor of using the drug to treat sleep-related problems.
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We know chronic poor sleep is bad for your health but for decades scientists have reported a strange phenomenon where acute sleep deprivation actually leads to elevated mood so a team of researchers set out to investigate this odd physiological sensation.
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A new study has found that, in people over 60, a reduction in deep sleep by as little as 1% per year equated to a 27% increased risk of dementia. The findings suggest that enhancing or maintaining deep sleep may be a way of keeping the disease at bay.
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